http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/SteveAlekPet... This funeral song, entitled "Livin Without You" was conceived by Steve Alek inearly 2008 during a very difficult personal time for his family.Steve's mother-in-law, Marilyn Maxey, had just been diagnosed withterminal cancer and was given between 2 weeks and 6 months to live.Steve was very close to his mother-in-law and, he was inspired and determined to create a song to give tofamily and friends as a tribute to her life.

With Marilyn's imminent death fast approaching, Steve called his goodfriend, Peter Nunn, a seasoned piano player who has performed withGrammy-award-winning singers, and asked for his help. They exchangedemails back and forth to mold and edit Steve's words into song form.Peter then took what they had and built the song based upon the catchy4-note melody Steve had initially sung to him over the phone.

Peter mentioned the project to Atilla Turi of Mainway Studios,Burlington, ON, who suggested Peter ask their friend, Al Langlade, tosing the song. Peter emailed Al in Thunder Bay, ON and Al answeredthat he'd be happy to help out. So, Peter emailed his piano track toAl along with the lyrics.

Within 4 hours, Al sent back a beautiful vocal rendition of the song,mixed with Peter's piano track. Al and Peter both expected this wasjust the beginning of their cyber-collaboration and that they'd besending files back and forth until they had a polished song ready forSteve. To keep Steve in the loop, Peter sent him the rough demo. Stevesurprised both Al and Peter by saying he thought the song was justperfect the way it was.

Sadly missed, Marilyn passed away on Valentine's Day, 2008. The songwas conceived, written, recorded and published on CD in the course ofa few days, just in time for distribution at the funeral.

Her spirit lives on: "Funeral Song - Livin Without You" was posted onYouTube shortly after her funeral and surpassed half a million YouTubeviews in the Spring of 2010. It continues to touch the hearts ofthousands of new viewers every day.